Section 22
ActIn forceProvision 22 of 188
Section 22
(1)
The Registrar shall record the date of receipt of an application for registration of trademark made in accordance with section 17 as the date of filing.
(2)
Where the requirement under section 17 is fulfilled on different days, the Registrar shall record the date of filing on the
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last day of those days.
(3)
Any date of priority claimed under section 26, 27 or 28 shall have no effect on the date of filing of application recorded under subsection (1) or (2) except for the purposes of a search under subsection 29(2).